Father’s son…

I was at the car wash in the next block when I spotted what looked like a newly-opened place…

…and I saw a lot of people going there to eat. The next time I was there, my curiosity got the better of me and I walked over to have a look. There were no signs, nothing…and everyone’s bowls were so clean, not a trace of what was in them before they licked them clean.

Then I bumped into my one-time barber – he and his father used to cut my hair in my growing up years and he told me that they were selling dian pian ngu at that shop, the son of the celebrated icon at his shop in the town centre. Why? They even have this street artwork of the old man…

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…on the wall in the lane where his shop is but I do not think this one looks anything like the real thing…

*Archive photo*

Of course I wasted no time in going there to try so the very next day, my wife and I dropped by…

…for brunch. They open at 7.00 a.m. in the morning till after lunch daily and from 6.00 p.m. till around 9.00 p.m. in the evening. I heard that if you go at night, you may get to see the father there too, helping his son. However, they are closed on Wednesdays and will only open half-day on Tuesdays, Sundays and public holidays.

You may choose to sit in the air-conditioned section…

…inside and from what I could understand, they do serve some special Chinese/Taiwanese desserts there. However, they do not make drinks like in a regular coffee shop, so no kopi-o-peng for us and we did not want those packet or bottled drinks and in the end, we went without any.

Yes, business was really good and there were a lot of people coming and going and the guy had to go on making…

…more and more…

…using the batter made with the flour that they make by grinding rice…

…for their use.

The white rice sheets, thus cooked…

…are served in a bowl of clear soup…

…with fish balls, meng ngee (dried cuttlefish), black fungus, bits of meat and garnished with fried shallots and chopped spring onion (RM6.00).

No, they did not use the dried cuttlefish from China, the rather dirty and moldy looking one that are so very expensive these days – over RM10.00 for just one small piece but they have that very special sweetness and fragrance that others like the ones from Sabah simply do not have. I did not think they used bay ka/tenggiri (mackerel) for their fish balls either so even though they were quite nice, I did not think they were anything to shout about. Still, we enjoyed it and I thought it was way nicer than what I had that one time when I went for a bowl at his father’s place in town.

TREASURE LAND (2.318270, 111.850333) is located at Jalan Ling Kai Cheng Lane 4, not far from Comfort Furniture Centre (Lane 2), two shops away from 99 Car Wash and next door to 118 Kopitiam, all in that same block of shops.